New Mexico State Police have located and arrested an inmate who escaped from the Cibola County Detention Center last week. NMSP received an anonymous tip about the location of Ramon Lorenzo, 22, and found him in the Valencia Village area of Grants.Lorenzo had climbed a fence in the recreational area and got onto the roof June 13. From there, he scaled down the jail's wall to escape.Deputies found Lorenzo's orange jumpsuit near the county jail. Police K-9s tracked the scent from the suit to a nearby field and neighborhood. Investigators went door to door searching for him.Cibola County deputies sent an alert to all the phones in the area with a description of the inmate. A short time later, someone living nearby told police Lorenzo had knocked on their door and asked for a ride. Deputies showed them a picture of him, and the neighbor confirmed he was there.Lorenzo was booked into maximum security Monday at the New Mexico Department of Corrections in Santa Fe.Several people were found with Lorenzo and are being charged with harboring/aiding a felon.

GRANTS, N.M. —

New Mexico State Police have located and arrested an inmate who escaped from the Cibola County Detention Center last week. NMSP received an anonymous tip about the location of Ramon Lorenzo, 22, and found him in the Valencia Village area of Grants.

Lorenzo had climbed a fence in the recreational area and got onto the roof June 13. From there, he scaled down the jail's wall to escape.

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Deputies found Lorenzo's orange jumpsuit near the county jail. Police K-9s tracked the scent from the suit to a nearby field and neighborhood. Investigators went door to door searching for him.Cibola County deputies sent an alert to all the phones in the area with a description of the inmate.

A short time later, someone living nearby told police Lorenzo had knocked on their door and asked for a ride. Deputies showed them a picture of him, and the neighbor confirmed he was there.

Lorenzo was booked into maximum security Monday at the New Mexico Department of Corrections in Santa Fe.

Several people were found with Lorenzo and are being charged with harboring/aiding a felon.